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Rohit Sharma now out of Covid-19 isolation after testing negative

Indian captain Rohit Sharma is finally out of isolation after having tested negative for COVID-19 and will now be available for the white-ball series against England beginning with the first T20I i

England picks Jos Buttler as captain of T20 and ODI teams as Morgan retires

Jos Buttler was promoted to England's new white-ball captain on Thursday and took immediate charge of the Twenty20 and one-day international cricket teams. Vice-captain since 2015, the 31-year-old Buttler has deputized for Eoin Morgan on 14 occasions, including in the Netherlands last week after Morgan sat out with a groin injury. Morgan announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday and the England and Wales Cricket Board wasted little time in confirming Buttler's promotion. Buttler will take charge of 12 games in July, with T20 and ODI series against India and South Africa. The wicketkeeper-batter is a ferocious striker of the ball. He has played 151 ODI games for England, scoring 4,120 runs at an average of 41.20, including 10 hundreds and 21 fifties. In T20s, he has won 88 caps scoring 2,140 runs with an average of 34.51. Buttler is one of three England cricketers with Dawid Malan and Heather Knight to have scored hundreds in all three formats of the game. I

Babar Azam surpasses Kohli as world no. 1 T20 batter for longest period

Babar Azam has surpassed India's Virat Kohli in becoming the world No.1 T20I batter for the longest period of time after he maintained his top spot in the latest ICC T20 batting rankings.

IND vs IRE 2nd T20I Highlights: Hooda shines in thrilling win for India

India vs Ireland 2nd T20I Highlights: Deepak Hooda hit a century, his maiden international one and became the fourth Indian to hit a T20I ton as India beat Ireland by four runs to sweep the series 2-0

Rohit Sharma can be relieved from T20I captaincy: Virender Sehwag

Former India opener Virender Sehwag feels current skipper Rohit Sharma could be relieved from captaincy duties from T20s so that the 35-year-old can manage his workload better. Rohit has not been able to feature in all of India's matches since taking over as captain due to injuries and workload management. If the Indian team management has someone else in mind as captain in the T20 format, then I think, Rohit (Sharma) could be relieved and the following can be taken into consideration going forward, Sehwag told PTI in an interview. One, that would allow Rohit to manage his workload and mental fatigue, given his age. "Two, once someone new is appointed as captain in T20s, it would also allow Rohit to take breaks and rejuvenate himself to lead India in both Tests and ODIs, he said in an interaction arranged by Sony Sports, the official broadcaster of the India-England series. However, Sehwag maintained that if the team management sticks with its current policy of having one captain

IND vs IRE Preview: India to test bench strength, Ireland to seek attention

India vs Ireland: The Irish have a golden opportunity to grab the attention of not only the audience, which would be huge, but also of IPL owners as a performance against India never goes unnoticed

KL Rahul, Axar Patel ruled out of T20 series against West Indies

While Rahul has suffered a hamstring injury while fielding in the second ODI on February 9, Axar has not fully recovered from his shin injury that also forced him to miss the South Africa tour

India-South Africa match: Fifth T20I called off due to rain, series shared

Even before a ball had been bowled after South Africa pushed India into batting first for the fifth straight time, the rain came down pouring

IND vs SA 4th T20I Highlights: India annihilate South Africa by 82 runs

India vs South Africa 4th T20I Highlights: India levelled the series 2-2 courtesy of annihilation of South Africa by 82 runs at Rajkot. Dinesh Karthik shone with bat for India with his maiden fifty

IND vs SA 4th T20I preview: India aims to stretch series to the final game

India vs South Africa preview: Heading into the fourth match in Rajkot, Rishabh Pant's men need to bring out their best once again and win this and stretch the series to the final game in Bengaluru

IND vs SA 4th T20I: Pitch Report and Weather Update of SCA Stadium, Rajkot

IND vs SA 4th T20I Pitch Report: The pitch at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot has been a high-scoring one and in the three T20Is that have been so far played here

Clinical India keep T20I series alive with 48-run win over South Africa

Yuzvendra Chahal (3/20) and Harshal Patel (4/25) led the way with the ball after sizzling half-centuries from Ruturaj Gaikwad (57) and Ishan Kishan (54) powered India to 179 for five

Why is the race for IPL media rights still intense?

The fight to clinch the media rights of IPL for the next five years was intense. Why has the race become so intense despite a dip in IPL viewership? And what do the winners stand to gain?

'Klaasen' apart: Henrich fifty gives Proteas solid 2-0 lead against India

On a two-paced track where most of the batters struggled, Klaasen made it look ridiculously easy as he smashed seven fours and five towering sixes in his 46-ball knock

Delhi: Minor changes in last metro train timings on all lines for T20 match

Delhi Metro will be performing extra train trips, around 48, the DMRC said in a statement

Aim is to solidify our batting line-up ahead of World Cup: Temba Bavuma

"We've got a couple of new faces within the T20 space. Opportunities will be given to those guys to see what role they can play and what value they can add to the team," Bavuma said.

South Africa T20 team arrives in New Delhi ahead of series against India

The South Africa T20I side, led by Temba Bavuma, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday ahead of five-match series against India to be played from June 9 to 19

IPL 2022: Seven things that made this season of the cash rich league unique

It was some concrete changes made prior to the season and during it that played a catalyst for various fresh changes. Here's the list of seven such things that made the IPL 2022 interestingly unique

No one remembers bilateral T20 series, play shortest format in WC: Shastri

Shastri, whose tenure as India coach ended last year, said he doesn't "remember a single (T20) game in the last six-seven years as coach of India, barring the World Cup."

IPL 2022: Five budget pick batsmen who outshone their more expensive peers

Here's a list of the top five batters in Indian Premier League 2022 who outperformed their higher-priced peers. The list includes Tilak Varma and Rajat Patidar but there are surprises too